[to HORACE]

Better let him alone till [pg 081] the Governor's had time to think a bit. Governor's clever. He'll fetch the beggar about somehow.

LADY CREECH

[with a Parthian glance at the unconscious PIKE]

I sha'h't stop in the creature's presence—I shall go up to my room for my forty winks.

[Exit into the hotel.]

ALMERIC

[as she goes out]

Day-day, aunt!

[To HORACE]